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@SKaplanOfficial SKaplanOfficial released this 30 Oct 22:31
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v0.1.0
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Note: This version of PyXA requires Python 3.11.

Additions

  • XALSM — A class for convenient text classification using latent semantic mapping
    • Added save() method for saving LSM models to the disk.
    • Added load() method for loading LSM models from the disk.
    • Added add_category() method for easily adding new categories to the mapping.
    • Added add_data() method for adding categories and training data.
    • Added add_text() method for adding training data.
    • Added categorize_query() method for mapping a string to a category using the built model.
  • XABase.XAApplicationPicker — A class for having users selected an application from a menu
    • Works similarly to XAFolderPicker and XAFilePicker.
  • XABase.XATextDocumentList — General class for text documents that provides several bulk functions
    • Has the same methods and attributes as the DocumentList class previously found in the TextEdit module
  • XABase.XAVideo — Initial support for working with videos in PyXA
    • Added reverse() method for reversing videos (this takes some time)
    • Added save() method for saving modified videos to the disk
    • Added show_in_quicktime() method for opening videos in QuickTime
  • New features for XABase.XAImage and XABase.XAImageList:
    • Added additional non-mutable information attributes has_alpha_channel, is_opaque, and color_space_name.
    • Added ability to control image properties using mutable attributes for gamma, vibrance, tint, temperature, white_point, highlight, and shadow.
    • Added an open() method to open one or more images from files or URLs.
    • Added a save() method to save images to the disk.
    • Added several filter methods for easy image adjustments, e.g. gaussian_blur(), pixellate(), invert(), and bloom(), among others.
    • Added auto_enhance() method to automatically apply suggested image enhancements, e.g. correct red-eye.
    • Added several distortion methods such as bump(), pinch(), and twirl().
    • Added several transformation methods such as flip_horizontally(), rotate(), crop(), scale(), and pad().
    • Added composition methods such as overlay_image(), overlay_text(), stitch_horizontally(), and additive_composition().
    • Added extract_text() and image_from_text() to read text from images and turn text into images, respectively.
    • All of these methods are implemented in both XAImage and XAImageList, with the latter offering some performance benefits
  • New features for XABase.XAColor:
    • Added several class methods, such as white(), black(), and orange(), for instantiating common XAColor objects.
    • Added make_swatch() method for making a solid color image of a specified size
    • Added clipboard-codability
  • New features for XABase.XAList:
    • Added additional filtering methods such as equalling(), not_equalling(), not_containing(), beginning_with(), ending_with(), greater_than(), less_than(), and between()
    • Added count() method for counting elements of XALists that pass a key function
    • Added support for checking membership in XALists using the “in” keyword
  • New methods for XABase.XASound:
    • Added trim() method for adjusting the length of sounds via PyXA
    • Added save() method for saving modified sounds to the disk
    • Added information attributes such as num_sample_frames, sample_rate, and duration
  • New features fro XABase.XAText:
    • Added working sentences() method to get a list of sentences in a text document.
    • Added methods for tagging tokens by sentiment, lemma, language, and part of speech
  • PyXA Additions — Modules that utilize other packages alongside PyXA and PyObjC features to provide useful automation features.
    • Additions.XAWeb — A module for internet-related PyXA additions.
      • RSS Features
        • Additions.XAWeb.RSSReader — A class for fetching items from RSS feeds
        • Additions.XAWeb.RSSItem, Additions.XAWeb.RSSItemList — Classes for interacting with fetched RSS items, e.g. to view metadata, access the contained content, or extract URLs from link tags
        • Additions.XAWeb.RSSItemContent, Additions.XAWeb.RSSItemContentList — Classes for interacting with the content of RSS items, e.g to retrieve all images and links within in their full-featured PyXA representation
  • Pythonic properties and setters for every class
  • Added local debug logging
  • Support for New Applications
    • Adobe Acrobat Reader
    • Amphetamine
    • Bike
    • CardHop
    • Flow
    • Image Events
    • iTerm
    • RStudio
    • Spotify
    • System Events

Changes

  • XABase.XAList
    • Now correctly responds to negative indexing.
    • Filtering now works with (more) non-string values.
    • Push() now correctly returns either the added element(s) or None — before, it would return a location reference that could end up incorrectly pointing to another element.
  • XABase.XAURL / XABase.XAPath
    • Now tries to prepend necessary schemes if no valid is present when the object is initialized.
  • XABase.XAColor
    • red(), green(), and blue() methods now create instances of pure red, pure green, and pure blue colors, respectively. The red_value, green_value, and blue_value attributes now take on the previous functionality of these methods. Other value-getting methods have been transitioned to attributes as well.
  • In general, modules have been tweaked to support more data types when calling methods, where appropriate.
  • Many behind-the-scenes changes have been made to support faster execution.
  • Documentation throughout several modules has been significantly improved, especially for the iWork suite.

Deprecations

  • PyXA.application() — Use the PyXA.Application class instead.
  • XABase.XATextDocument.set_text() — Directly set the XABase.XATextDocument.text attribute instead
  • Providing NSData as the data parameter when initializing an XABase.XAList object — Pass the NSData as the image_reference parameter instead.
  • XAiWorkItem.rotate(), in all forms — Set the rotate attribute instead.

Removals

  • XABase.XAImage.name — Removed due to lack of use case
  • TextEdit.XATextEditDocument.copy() — Deprecated in 0.0.8, now fully removed

Direction for Next Release

  • Performance improvements
  • Code reorganization
  • Full macOS Ventura Support
  • Integrate Finder classes with System Events classes
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